Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-28
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Mr.. 1ohn LssEy aid yesterday thaI
ne snRinsar Of he proposed nsu eabl.
road 70 Laks washinRson VII b IL tkii
esiy SONS dag thfs vsek. having lafI
san Rransisso yesterday. Ths enRi1ssl
win examins TIE pF0possd r0ute and
will pxgbsbIy either prspsxs o. kass
kiepefsd kiEh1 sway . psofls mag Of
the Streets % be tfngeKsad- The ordi-
nnnce eEan1inG Fizhia Of say oysF tha
stsaels 9td Be pEesenied 10 the O0nnoil
- ths nsxf meeting Of tbat body. Ths
proposes F01te 70 ite lake ID b. uay Fl
MI street., returninR b. way Of Jack
500 aires&. There win Be- baa cne cable
sno re foad b sssEy rssDsot win Be
Thssabsidy asksd for b. ihs company
seems Dot 10 Be generally undekatood.
when e = considaEed ehas the road win
cost "a tbe neiRhborhoed Of $50, 900,
and that most Of Il viii paas through 9
seellon % this city no9 only sparssiy
b0ilt nps g viii BE- understood thas tha
road vill nos pay dtviasnds for . num-
beF Of yessa
THE sUnnIDx.
Such Q condition Of affairs ala not ad-
mis- Of The aeonFine Of capital fer the
construction Of the road unless some In
o1oements wege offered. In yisw Of sao
advaniaaea Of rapid transit, distant SEQ
lions Of the city would eHer induce
menss moi nov presented, 70 people 10
Improve their property. Property ueuld,
as matter Of course, iBcEsasa n vsine
and IN tims the line would secure pat
ronaEe eafheienf 10 make the invest
ment Z payfna one. Until that time
arrived the company desired q subsidy
from those Who woaid first enjoy the
fruits Of the improvement, namely, The
ownef8 Of real estate nlouR the route.
The company asked for property. the
present liberal value Of which WAS esti-
mated - $l25 900. This property will
uot be conveyed By deed 60 she eom
pany until the cable road IL oompletsd.
although agreements hase been entered
into requiring such conveyance on CON-
pletion Of the road.
Tue requisite quanfity Of land vas
lendered after bat little solicitation.
Many persons owning real estate along
the route refused 10 contribute al
though they would enjoy the adVanf-
aQee. The Subsidy having been eats.
lestoRily arranged for, it only remains
for the Council 70 grant rights vf way
% enable the company 10 proceed with
TIE WORK OF construction. The agree
ment between tbs oompany and those
who contributed the subsidy provides
That tbs road shall DO equipped and In
operation on or before Ostober /, 1855.
should there be no delay IN the grant
ing Of right of way, tie work viii BE-
gin pEomptly this fall, although until
he graded dlls on Mil street have set
He'd the road cannot Be constructed at
sooh points.
oosR or CONTRIBUTION.
1T has not yet been determined what |
system Of cable road viii be adopted"
lald Mr.. LeaKy, yesterday, "but our |
call for q flFsf class road; |
and judging from what are considered |
aFst class roads In San Francisco, 10 10 /
10 small matter 70 comply With our
,ontraet. The oable roads on Market |
md Clay streets In San Francisco cost
$50 0C0 per mile, and estimates FeoenfIy |
made IN Portland dx the cost In that
lity at 5000 Probably the natural
ionditlous admit Of cheaper oonslrnc-
ion IN Portland than 10 Seattle. Tue
able on our read will be between
8 900 and n, 600 feet long and will cost
bout $1,000. The average life Of such
cable is eighteen months. So that is
p item that will eat very rapidly int
be earnings Of the road even under
most fayerable circumstances"